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v I 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. H. J. STBBBINS.

GATE.

Patented Aug. 21, 1883.

PATENT EEioE..

HABLAN J. STEBBINS, OF MERIDEN, MINNESOTA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,677', dated August 21, 1853.

Application tiled Januaryil, 1883. (No model.)

To L55 whom it may concern: v,

Beit known that I, HARLAN J. SrEnBINs, a citizen oi' the United States, residing at Meriden, in the county of Steele and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, .reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or igures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure lis aperspective View of this device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3, a detail to show springcatch, which holds gate up, and the means for detaching it; Fig. 4, a detail to show how gate is counterbalanced. My invention relates to vertically-movable sash-gates, which can be opened or shut either by a person on footer riding 5 and it consists in the combination, with a gate of this kind, of certain devices .which will operate quasiautomatieally and hold the gate temporarily in an elevated position until-a person riding on horseback or in a vehicle passes the th reshold, in combination with releasing devices, al1 of which will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, A denotes any suitable frame, which is designed to be located in any convenient way in relation to the fence and roadway; and B is a gate which can be'moved up and down in the ways 'c of said frame. This is done by means of the windlass C, mounted in the supplemental frame D on the upper part of said frameA, and the chain or cord c, which chain or cord is connected to the gate B, and also to the windlass C. This wh eel is operated by means of a cord or chain, c', which is attached to the shaft of the wheel and extends outwardly over the pulley d in the end ofthe supplemental frame D. This frame D is secured to or on the upper beam or part of the gatefraine A, and projects on each side at right angles with it. The pulley d is mounted in its outermost ends. There are two cords, c, and two pulleys, d, one on each side of the gate.

is down-as now shown in Fig. l, aperson ap- Thus, when the gate is closed-that is,

i proaching in a carriage or on horseback from either side, by pulling the cord or chain c down will cause the gate to rise. in this way been fully opened that is, raised u'p-its upper rail will engage with the spring E, which is fixed in any convenient way to the top beam or bar of the frame A. Thus the gate will be held up while the rider and his team or horse passes through, and then the rrider will pull on the ropef, which isvnow conveniently at hand. This action will cause the detacher F to turn round, and in so doing will disengage the spring E from the gate-rail, and then the gate will descend and close. There are two of these ropes or chains, f, one on each side of the gate, and each passing over one of the pulleys, d. These maybe on the same shafts with the pulleys over `which the gate-raising cords pass, or may be wholly independent oi' them. The detacher F is secured on the up per-bar or beam of the frame A, and may be of any suitableforrn, so that it shall be adapted tobe actuated'substantially as and'for the purposes above described.

The gate B is preferably oounterbala-nced in the frame A by means of weights b, which are attached to it by cords b', passing over suitable pulleys, as is now shown in the drawings. Thus there willbe no strain in raising the gate, and no jar from the upward or downward movement.

W'hile I have above described my gate as especially well adapted for use when a person approaches in a carriage, or on a load, or on horseback, it is evident that the pedestrian can operate it as well;y

It will be especially noted that the means for opening or closing the gate are centrally located directly in the way or course which the person who approaches and passes through will take. Thisis of very special advantage, for the line and a small force only is needed to -move the gate. Likewise, the ropes or chains are always very easy to be reached.

yIf desired, the frame D may be covered, so as to protect it from the rain, snow, &c. Any suitable handle can be attached to the outer ends of the cords or chains c f. Preferably these should be weighted, so as to keep them in proper position.

The gate having' of draft on the cord or chain is always direct,

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counterweights, as described, of a cross-frame,

D, a Windlass, C, having its bearing in this frame, Windlass-rope c, attached to the gate, Windlass-ropes c c, attached to the shaft of ythe Windlass C, the loaded ropes ff', the looselyyhung detaching device F, having these ropes fastened to its arms, and the spring-latch E, i 5 bearing'against the lower arm of said dtacher, in a notch formed therein, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 2o presence of tWo Witnesses.

HABLAN J. s-Tnnrnns.,

Vitnesses:

J. A. SAWYER, W. F. SAWYER. 

